A: Do you have any travel plans for this summer?
B: I plan to visit the new “Warner Bros Studio Tour Tokyo — The Making of Harry Potter.”
A: I’ve heard that it’s the second studio like this in the world, after the one in London.
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B: Apart from the grand opening of the new studio, the Harry Potter series will be adapted into a TV drama series.
A: Wow, all the “muggles” around the world must be so excited about this.
A: 這個夏天你有什麼旅遊計畫嗎?
B: 我想要去新開幕的「東京哈利波特影城」。
A: 聽說這是繼倫敦之後,全球第二家哈利波特影城。
B: 除了影城開幕,《哈利波特》還將被翻拍成電視劇。
A: 天啊,全球的「麻瓜」們應該很興奮吧!
(By Eddy Chang, Taipei Times/台北時報張聖恩〉
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